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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">cndcgs</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Challenges to national defence in contemporary geopolitical situation</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2538-8959</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2669-2023</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LKA</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">159_JEKL</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47459/cndcgs.2026.159</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Methodological Investigation of the Distance Calculation Effect on 2SFCA Analysis Across Multiple Models</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>JEKL</surname>
            <given-names>Jan</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:jan.jekl2@unob.cz">jan.jekl2@unob.cz</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_000">Department of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>DOHNAL</surname>
            <given-names>Filip</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_001">Department of Military Geography and Meteorology, Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>JÁNSKÝ</surname>
            <given-names>Jiří</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_cndcgs_aff_002"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_cndcgs_aff_002">Department of Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence, Czech Republic</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>1352</fpage>
      <lpage>1359</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <permissions>
        <license license-type="open-access">
          <license-p>Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY)</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Geographical distance between locations plays a crucial role in establishing healthcare accessibility in Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) models. In this article, we analyze three sets of distances: a straight-line distance and two network-based distances to determine how the distance calculation affects the models. We empirically examine the distances across several 2SFCA models and several input parameters. We find that the accessibilities derived from network-based distances correlate with each other, whereas the accessibility derived from straight-line distance does not correlate with them. The study is based on the data from the South Moravian region.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>2SFCA</kwd>
        <kwd>accessibility</kwd>
        <kwd>distance calculation</kwd>
        <kwd>South Moravia</kwd>
        <kwd>Pearson correlation</kwd>
        <kwd>ArcGIS Pro</kwd>
        <kwd>Catchment area</kwd>
        <kwd>Health</kwd>
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